17 h. ago Trump isn't a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin's propaganda | Rafael Behr

There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the Kremlin may come to regret testing his patienceBefore Donald Trump was a politician he was a property tycoon. Naturally, he thought he could fix the Ukraine war with a real-estate deal. In exchange for a ceasefire, Vladimir Putin would get to keep territory he had already seized.But before Putin was a politician he was a KGB agent who mourned the collapse of the Soviet Union. His idea of a fair solution begins with Ukraine’s total submission to an imperial Russian motherland.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Ukraine hails 'Agent Melania' after Trump admits First Lady explained Putin's lies

Ukrainians have hailed Melania Trump as an unlikely 'undercover agent' after explaining Vladimir Putin's lies to the US President

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31 h. ago Crimes of 'morgue monster' necrophiliac killer 'could be repeated', inquiry finds

The final report of the inquiry into Morgue Monster David Fuller's crimes at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital has found there are inadequate protections in place for the care of people after death

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34 h. ago Crimes of necrophiliac killer David Fuller ‘could be repeated’, inquiry finds

The final report of the inquiry sparked by his crimes heavily criticised the lack of regulation of the care of people after death

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55 h. ago 'Russian spy', 65, accused of trying to share details about Sir Grant Shapps tells court he was trying to EXPOSE Putin's agents, not help them

Howard Phillips, 65, of Harlow in Essex, is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the Russian Intelligence Service by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow .

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2 w. ago Britain's spies spent 20 years hunting a Russian double agent at the heart of MI6 in extraordinary global operation

The 'highly unusual' investigation, believed to have began in the mid-to-late 1990s before concluding in 2015, came following a tip-off from the CIA about an alleged spy.

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3 w. ago Airstrikes and sleeper agents: how Putin has repeatedly tried to killed Zelensky

Ukrainian President has reportedly survived dozens of assassination attempts - Kyiv’s security service says they have foiled at least three

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4 w. ago Christmas Day killer who murdered partner and neighbour jailed for life

Jazwell Brown carried out an unprovoked and "frenzied" attack, also trying to kill his own son and repeatedly stabbing a dog belonging to his partner Joanne Pearson.

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4 w. ago At least 15 die in Russian strikes on Kyiv in ‘one of most horrific attacks’ of Ukraine war – Europe live

Zelenskyy hits out at Putin and says world leaders ‘turn a blind eye’ after attack in which more than 100 people were woundedRussian strikes on Kyiv kill at least 14US president Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose pharmaceutical tariffs saying they were “coming very soon” and criticised the EU for not offering a fair deal on trade.His comments, reported by Reuters, come from his brief chat with reporters on board Air Force One, on the way back from the G7 summit in Canada. Continue reading...

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